41 ANSWER TO ACHILD'S QUESTION
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四十一 回答一个孩子的问话
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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塞缪尔·台勒·柯尔律治
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| Do you know what the birds say? The Sparrow,the Dove, |
你可知道鸟儿在说什么？麻雀，白鸽， |
| The Linnet and Thrush say, "I love and I love! " |
红雀和鸫鸟在说，"我爱，我爱！" |
| In the winter they're silent — the wind is so strong; |
冬天，他们沉默了——风刮得厉害； |
| What it says, I don't know, but it sings a loud song. |
风说啥，我不知道，可风在高歌。 |
| But green leaves, and blossoms, and sunny warm weather, |
绿叶，鲜花，睛朗暖和的天气， |
| And singing, and loving — all come back together. |
歌唱，爱情——一切都重回大地。 |
| But the Lark is so brimful of gladness and love, |
而云雀呵，洋溢着爱，充满了喜欢， |
| The green fields below him, the blue sky above, |
他下面是绿野，上面是蓝天， |
| That he sings, and he sings, and for ever sings he — |
于是他唱啊，唱啊，他永远唱不败—— |
| "I love my Love and my Love loves me!" |
"我爱我的爱，哎，我的爱把我爱！" |
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